Improvement in stove-pipe supporters



RICHARD STREET.

Stove Pipe Supporters.

No. 122,922. Patentedlan.23,1a72.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD STREET, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PlPE SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 122,922, dated January 23, 1872 antedated January 20, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

I, RICHARD STREET, of the city and county of Albany, State of N ew York, have invented an Improved Pipe-Holder or Supporter, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and durable stove or other pipe-holder, and one that will allow the pipe to be easily put up and taken down Without injury to eitherI pipe or holder.

Figure l is a top view of iny improved pipeholder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the lines w a' or' Fig. 2.

A is a holder, circular in forin, lnade of hoopiron or other suitable material, and constructed with two projecting ends, b b, said ends being pierced for the passage through of the bent rod c. Then the holder A is closed and the pipe desired to be supported is ein braced by it the projecting ends b b are pressed together and the bent rod c, which has previously been screwed or driven into the Wall or other suitable place, is inserted through the holes in the projecting ends b b, the cap or slide d is then drawn up so as to clasp the projecting ends Z) b and the bent rod 0, thus firmly locking all the parts together and securely holding the pipe in position. When it is desired to take the pipe down the cap or slide d is simply pushed along the bent rod c. The holder A can be made of any shape, so as to conform to the shape of the pipe to be supported.

Claim.

Witnesses:

E. P. NUGENT, WILLIAM VAN WIE. 

